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John Oakes is an British singer-songwriter and poet. He was born in Swindon and spent his youth playing gigs in local pubs and clubs. Originally a member of Wiltshire based folk band Grubby Jack, he decided to record some songs that he had written and sold them independently at open mics around the country through his record label Henge Music. He released his first book of Poetry "The Dance of Death and the Dance of Dreams in April 2018 and his debut album "Songwriter" in January 2019 as a digital download. This was followed up by a non-album single "When We Were Young" in February 2019 and an EP called "Forgiveness" in April 2019.